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The Republican party have been left red-faced after screenshots of Mitt Romney’s website announcing victory in the presidential election were leaked online, despite his defeat in the polls by
Barack Obama.

morven philp – 8th November, 2012

Pre-emptive: What Romney’s website would have looked like (Picture: politicalwire.com)

The web pages, featuring the title ‘The Office of the President Elect’, accidentally went live online late on Tuesday night, just as Romney was conceding the US presidential election to Obama.

The main screen on the leaked pages featured a photo of Romney’s face beside a US flag, with the quote, ‘I’m excited about our prospects as a nation. My priority is putting people back to work in America.’

Leak: The site was not meant to go live (Picture: politicalwire.com)

As well as other sayings by ‘President-Elect Mitt Romney’, the website also featured information about the new administration, Mr Romney’s inauguration and potential nominees for the Cabinet.

The site was quickly pulled and replaced with a ‘Thank You’ message to Romney’s supporters, but not before screen grabs were circulated all over the web.